Dakar · Today

Ouakam

Updated Wed, Sep 23, 12:00 AM GMT

When to go

1:00 PM–3:00 PM

Looks good · Low confidence

3.9–4.0 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Wind: 10.1 kt · direction unavailable

Forecast details

Light wind should keep the water smoother.

Other wind windows

Plan around the wind

The best available upcoming daylight wind sample to compare with the wave evidence. This compares wind only; wave size, tide suitability, and hazards can change your choice.

12:00 PM–2:00 PM · Africa/Dakar
Unfavorable wind · up to 6.6 kt · reported gusts up to 15.9 kt
Caution: This is the best available wind comparison, not a favorable-wind label. The selected wind is unfavorable for this break.
Offshore waves: 3.9–4.0 ft across the period. Surf height unavailable. Tide data unavailable.
Wind source time: Sep 22, 11:30 PM GMT. This is not the model run issue time.

How these periods are chosen

The planner prefers three consecutive hourly samples covering two daylight hours, but retains shorter one- or two-sample evidence when that is all the forecast provides. Light wind means at most 6 kt. Moderate offshore means at most 12 kt from land toward the sea when shore orientation is verified. Strong wind or known gusts of 20 kt or more remain visible as cautions instead of making the entire comparison disappear. These are comparison labels, not locally tested surf-quality or safety ratings. Missing gusts remain unknown. Terrain shelter, currents, closures, and your ability are not assessed.

Forecast confidence

Returned marine grid point is 4.7 km from the mapped spot. Provider grid resolution is not established for this response.
Reference model hour: 0 hours from now; historical residuals do not measure forecast lead-time error.
No accepted local model for these inputs: missing history, unsupported direction/period/height, or failed historical validation.
Tide unavailable: assessment incomplete, especially at shallow reef breaks.
A mapped coordinate does not establish nearshore grid resolution or terrain/shelter accuracy.

Wind N 7.3 kt

Tide Unavailable

Wave, wind and tide details

Offshore model swellNNW 3.0 ft @ 4sValid 2026-09-23 00:00 · Africa/DakarMarine grid 14.7083, -17.5417 · offshore model, not a local measurement

Offshore model sea4.1 ft @ 7.4sSignificant wave height including wind waves and swell; not breaking surfValid 2026-09-23 00:00 · Africa/Dakar

Model windN 7.3 ktoffshoreValid 2026-09-23 00:00 · Africa/Dakar5.3 kt offshore component

TideUnavailableunavailableNo verified local tide station connected; no tide height estimated

Surf height unavailable. Coastal and offshore waves are not breaking-wave heights.

Surf and wind

Recommended window: No recommended window

Breaking surf is not reliably resolved. Hourly offshore swell and wind inputs are listed below.

Hourly forecast

Hourly surf forecast for Ouakam
Time	Wind	Tide	Offshore swell
12 AM	N 7.3 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 3.0 ft @ 4s
1 AM	N 6.5 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 3.0 ft @ 4s
2 AM	NNE 5.7 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 3.0 ft @ 4s
3 AM	NNE 4.9 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 3.0 ft @ 4s
4 AM	NE 3.9 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 3.0 ft @ 4s
5 AM	E 3.9 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 3.0 ft @ 5s
6 AM	ESE 4.3 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 3.0 ft @ 5s
7 AM	E 3.7 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 3.0 ft @ 5s
8 AM	ESE 5.6 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 3.0 ft @ 5s
9 AM	ESE 6.1 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 3.0 ft @ 5s
10 AM	ESE 6.7 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 3.0 ft @ 5s
11 AM	ESE 7.5 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 3.0 ft @ 5s
Noon	SE 6.4 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 2.9 ft @ 5s
1 PM	ESE 3.3 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 2.9 ft @ 5s
2 PM	ENE 6.6 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 2.9 ft @ 5s
3 PM	ENE 10.1 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 2.9 ft @ 5s
4 PM	ENE 10.9 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 2.9 ft @ 6s
5 PM	E 13.5 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 2.8 ft @ 6s
6 PM	E 10.7 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 2.8 ft @ 6s
7 PM	ENE 8.5 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 2.8 ft @ 5s
8 PM	ENE 8.9 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 2.9 ft @ 5s
9 PM	E 8.7 ktoffshore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 2.9 ft @ 5s
10 PM	E 8.8 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 2.8 ft @ 6s
11 PM	E 9.5 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	NNW 2.8 ft @ 6s

12 AMUnavailable

WindN 7.3 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 3.0 ft @ 4s

1 AMUnavailable

WindN 6.5 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 3.0 ft @ 4s

2 AMUnavailable

WindNNE 5.7 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 3.0 ft @ 4s

3 AMUnavailable

WindNNE 4.9 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 3.0 ft @ 4s

4 AMUnavailable

WindNE 3.9 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 3.0 ft @ 4s

5 AMUnavailable

WindE 3.9 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 3.0 ft @ 5s

6 AMUnavailable

WindESE 4.3 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 3.0 ft @ 5s

7 AMUnavailable

WindE 3.7 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 3.0 ft @ 5s

8 AMUnavailable

WindESE 5.6 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 3.0 ft @ 5s

9 AMUnavailable

WindESE 6.1 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 3.0 ft @ 5s

10 AMUnavailable

WindESE 6.7 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 3.0 ft @ 5s

11 AMUnavailable

WindESE 7.5 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 3.0 ft @ 5s

NoonUnavailable

WindSE 6.4 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 2.9 ft @ 5s

1 PMUnavailable

WindESE 3.3 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 2.9 ft @ 5s

2 PMUnavailable

WindENE 6.6 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 2.9 ft @ 5s

3 PMUnavailable

WindENE 10.1 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 2.9 ft @ 5s

4 PMUnavailable

WindENE 10.9 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 2.9 ft @ 6s

5 PMUnavailable

WindE 13.5 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 2.8 ft @ 6s

6 PMUnavailable

WindE 10.7 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 2.8 ft @ 6s

7 PMUnavailable

WindENE 8.5 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 2.8 ft @ 5s

8 PMUnavailable

WindENE 8.9 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 2.9 ft @ 5s

9 PMUnavailable

WindE 8.7 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 2.9 ft @ 5s

10 PMUnavailable

WindE 8.8 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 2.8 ft @ 6s

11 PMUnavailable

WindE 9.5 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellNNW 2.8 ft @ 6s

Tide

Local tide station unavailable

Tide predictions are unavailable for this period.

About this spot

Model-grid forecast requested at the mapped coordinate; reef, headland, and nearshore transformations are unresolved. Reef break.

Mapped spot coordinate: 14.72, -17.5.

Mainland · Coast not verified · Ocean-facing bearing 225° · Location provenance

Model request point: Ouakam (14.72, -17.5). Model output times describe valid conditions; the provider does not expose the model run issue time in this response.

Forecast sources

Data coverage 2/6 sources

Source availability is not forecast accuracy. Where an empirical model passes historical testing, its error and interval coverage are shown above. Source count cannot increase that confidence.

Coverage tier D · MODEL_FIRST_AFRICA · spot-level model point

National or regional meteorological marine bulletin
ANACIM publishes a current one-page coastal/offshore artisanal-fishing bulletin at a stable HTTPS PDF URL. The live PDF identifies the Grande Côte and Petite Côte around Dakar, but its marine vigilance cells are graphical and the runtime has no audited PDF text/image extractor; it is not dispatched as structured forecast evidence.UnavailableNo source time
The Buoy API
ANACIM reports owning a multisensor oceanographic buoy, but no public response with station identity, coordinates, observation timestamp, units, and cadence was verified for assignment to a Dakar break.UnavailableNo source time
WorldTides API
The current ANACIM PDF includes a named Dakar high/low tide table, but no runtime-safe PDF extraction path and no explicit datum were verified; values are not connected as tide predictions.UnavailableNo source time
Open-Meteo Marine API
1 of 1 configured model points availableCurrentSep 22, 11:30 PM GMT
Open-Meteo Weather API
1 of 1 configured model points availableCurrentSep 22, 11:30 PM GMT
Copernicus Marine Global Ocean Waves
Independent wave-model backend and cross-check; market adapter or station mapping not connectedUnavailableNo source time
Surf-Forecast public pages
Spot discovery and break-specific HTML fallbackNot applicableNo source time
Surfline public spot pages
Break-specific comparison, cams, and metadataNot applicableNo source time

How best guesses are made

Best guesses combine usable wave and wind evidence, with qualitative confidence and specific limitations. A missing tide or local surf-height model does not prevent useful guidance. Tide levels use the named station datum; their effect at this break remains uncertain. Wind direction is relative to the mapped beach orientation, without calibrated terrain or shelter effects. The comparison is a heuristic, not a measured quality rating.